Major Psychological Disorders

Can a distorted body image lead to eating disorders? Classify the various forms of it.

Describe the characteristics of children with hyperactivity.

What are the consequences of alcohol substance addiction?

Distinguish between obsessions and compulsions.

While speaking in public the patient changes topics frequently, is this a positive or a negative symptom of schizophrenia? Describe the other symptoms of schizophrenia.

What do you understand by the term ‘dissociation’? Discuss its various forms.

What are phobias? If someone had an intense fear of snakes, could this simple phobia be a result of faulty learning? Analyse how this phobia could have developed.

Anxiety has been called the “butterflies in the stomach feeling”. At what stage does anxiety become a disorder? Discuss its types.